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Nov 19, 2015 | 01:54 PM

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Tofu27

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Nov 19, 2015 | 02:34 PM

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CaptainCrunch

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Originally Posted by TheMuffStuff

My dealer said to never run synthetic on 2015's... but now im hearing different. Is it safe to run 5w30/40 Mobil 1 Full synthetic? I would rather go that route than regular **** oil.

I spoke to Mitsubishi directly. Full synthetic is fine.

Nov 20, 2015 | 03:00 PM

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AngryEvo

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Just an FYI, I have a 2015. Manual says 5w30 regular oil. Called corporate, they said the same. Told me they stopped using full synthetic because it was causing too many oil leaks...who knows if that is true or not but the 15s are definitely every 3k regular oil as far as the company is concerned.

Nov 20, 2015 | 03:01 PM

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TheMuffStuff

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Thats what they told me, but could it really be bad to run synthetic? Ive never ran regular oil in other cars, my dad doesnt either.. Got me a little worried lol

Nov 20, 2015 | 10:18 PM

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Thats interesting. I have a 15 also and when I called they told me synthetic is fine, but to stick to the intervals regardless of oil used.

Nov 20, 2015 | 10:19 PM

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CaptainCrunch

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Originally Posted by TheMuffStuff

Thats what they told me, but could it really be bad to run synthetic? Ive never ran regular oil in other cars, my dad doesnt either.. Got me a little worried lol

The Evo X has been around a while, and before they were all synthetic. Not much has changed in the Evo X so no synthetic makes no sense. Corporate told me they use regular to cut costs to owners.